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Recent Youth Sports Psychology Articles & Podcasts

  • How Sports Kids Can Push Past Challenges
    Sports kids should push past challenges by focusing on incremental steps rather than the bigger end goal, said Dianette Wells, a world-class mountaineer, ultra-endurance athlete and author. For example, to prepare for a hike in Malibu, Calif., she focused on improving her time by … Read Sport Psychology Tip
  • Helping Young Athletes with Coaches Who Yell
    Nobody Likes it When Coaches Yell at Them. Coaches should treat their athletes with respect. Unfortunately, events don’t always unfold as we would like. Coaches who yell feel as if it is a wake-up call and the best way to deliver feedback or instructions. … Read Sport Psychology Tip
  • The a Growth Mindset in Youth Sports
    Young athletes realize a number of benefits when they embrace growth mindsets, said Iuri Melo, a youth sports coach, licensed clinical social worker and co-founder of SchoolPulise, which texts youth positive psychology statements to support their mental health. These kids tend to be optimists … Read Sport Psychology Tip
  • Girls in Sports, Identity, and Self-Esteem
    Research shows that girls’ identities can become too wrapped up in sports, according to Marlene Holmes, a mental health advocate, sports social worker and regional director at Netball America. “What the research shows is that for young boys, when they are introduced to a … Read Sport Psychology Tip
  • How to Boost Confidence in Young Athletes
    Confidence is Key in Youth Sports Confidence helps young athletes accomplish a lot in their sport. However, for some athletes, crushing it at a high level can increase the pressure to stay on top or perform consistently at a high level. High expectations from … Read Sport Psychology Tip
  • Confidence Boosting Strategies for Young Athletes
    Build Confidence by Teaching Discipline and Self-Respect For Sabrina Yavil, a sports parent to three active boys, a big challenge was finding ways to get the kids to clean up after games and practices. “After sports, they would come home tired and dirty and … Read Sport Psychology Tip
  • How Sports Can Build a Child’s Confidence
    Building Confidence in Kids Some athletes seem to ooze confidence. They appear unfazed during championship games, in the final minutes of a contest or when trailing late in a game. Why do these athletes have unwavering confidence? Is there something in their DNA that generates confidence? Confidence … Read Sport Psychology Tip
  • Helping Young Athletes Focus on Mental Health
    Our brain tends to lean toward negativity. “The brain doesn’t understand today the difference between protecting us from a lion or a snake and protecting us from emotional states,” said Debbie O ‘Connell, president, Live Positive and Golf Positive and vice president, LPGA Northeast section. The … Read Sport Psychology Tip

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